Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1889, Page 1

S e EIGHTEENTH YEAR. " e e OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 18S9, - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE B b were several women. The body of the car was filled with a few women and anumber of quaintly attired men with false beards. With the loss of the wheel the frail struc top- pled over and snapped and cracked, while and children slid and fell out. 'Pheir screams (LOSE OF THE CELEBRATION. Beautiful Floats and Tableaux in Now York Olty. were alarming, and many policemen sprang forward to aid the sup- 3 J posed injured. Fortunately, however, 3LUE AND GRAY FRATERNIZE. | the children only suffered o bad fright, and they were carried away crying. People standing near by sprang from their places with the intention of | s a helping han A panic of momentar tion was the re’ suit, but the palice soon restored order. Between 4 and 3 o'clock the last organiza- tion of the great. parade had been dismissed and the centennial festival was av an end. fouthern Soldiers and Grand Army Men Meet as Brothers — The President Leaves for Washington, ler Banqu tted, New Yonk y 1.--The reception tendered to-night, by the Bar ass tion of the city of New York, 1o Chief Justice Fuller and the associate justices of the United States su- eme court, although purely an informal af- air, drew together a most distinguished com- pany of logal lights and representatives of the' state beneh. Thers were about three Phe Day in Gotham. New Youk, May 1.-~General Butterfield, with his staff, took up their positions at Fifth avenue and Fifty-fifth street at 8:30 a. m., but at that hour none of the organizations %ad, put io an appearance. The pa fAually started shortly after 10 o’clock, with Mayor Grant, reprdientative delegates from 7 hundred gentlemen present. Ex-President bhe civil, industrinl and commercial socioties | Alaviiina®Wus one bf the” eary aerivals. and organizations in advance. When ustice Fuller, with Justices Blatch- the reviewing stand was reached the | for, Ficld and Strong. stood together in the mayor presented an address to President | library for an hour while the members were presented in person. Harrison. The city council took the places which had been reserved for them on_ either side of tho prosident. Next came General Butterfleld, chief marshal, followoed by his staff. The first tableau, “The Declaration »f Indopendence,” was intendod to reprgsent the reading of the Declaration of Indepen- lence by John Nixon inthe state house yard, Philadelphia, July 8, 1776, This float was surrounded by an escort of 100 members of the Society of Veterans of the regular army and navy. n the German division were over 4,000 men, members of the singing societies, clubs and military - organizations, representing almost every trade known to the Teuton. The feature of this part of the varade was the great number of tableaus and floats CENTENNIAL Patriotisy and Pyrotechnics duced to Figures, York, May 1.—[Special Telogram Bee. | —~What the entire cost of the to centennial celebration will be, it is impos- sible to compute at the present time. It seems pretty clear that the expenses of the' committee will exceed the money which has been aporopriated by the state and the city together with the subscriptions which have been secured by the finance committee, Ac- cording to the official programme the sum appropriated by the state of New York, for the purposes of the celebration, was £200,000, About $125000 of this, however, belongs to the National guard, and £20,000 more to the which it _represented, some sixty in all | U ! Nearly all the imporcant historical events | Grand Army of the Lepublic, so that only and the progress of the arts and sciences to the centennial committeo, government, however, appropriated and the voluntary ‘sabscriptions ve boen about $45,000. This gives the mittee an aggregate fund of ,000, and out of this the expenses of the parade, the maintenauce of such troops as have not been provided for by the states to which they belong, the cost of the fireworks and decorations, and the very heavy expenses of the committee, incurred during the work of preparation, must be met. Spacious ofiices have been maintained 1 tho Stewart build- ing since last November, and a_number of parlors at the Fifth Avenne hotel have been occupied the army committee since January of the present year. When to these expenses added a probuble deficit in the ball and Juet accounts it wiil be seen that with ,000 the committee will probably not be 0 meet its debts. The expenses for the ball and banquet will undoubtedly aggregate $100,000. In'addition, the buildings in Thirty-ninth strect and Seventh avenue will cost from 812,000 to $15,000, which, of course, will have to be charged up to the entire cost. What were represented. The Hibernian division consisted of about. 10,000 men. Some were uniformed ana some were not. The Polish aud negro delegations followed. "The reguldr Irish section of the parade in- cluded nearly all the Irish-American societies of New York and ! papal veterans, 8,000 members of the®Society of the Holy Name, 6,000 more of the Hibernians, 4,000 of the provivcial council, temperance societies and about a dozen Catholic benevolent societies. In the lust division there werc a number of Interesting trade floats, and stragghng at the end of the line were a ot of impromptu ad- vertisements, “T'his wus followed by other floats guarded by detachments of cadets and representing “Washington and His Generals Mounted and *‘Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Following came 5,500 school children escor a tableau of “Washington at Valley Forge in the Winter of 1i7i-8" The Exempt Firemens' association of the city to wumber of 200 came next, and after them ammany hall braves under the chief- \nmany hal s saveral | the deficit'in the ball and banquet accounts tainship of Goneral John Cochrane. Sever ! i | temperance socictics and Knights of Pythias | Will be cannut be estimated at present. Droceded the float Tho Hosignation of tho | Whatever the deficit may be, it will have to D agion and the. Yontors eadot corps | be met by private subscription, The money actually to be expended, will, of course, in- clude 175,000 of the committeo's money, £125,000 to National Guards, £20,000 to the Grand Army of the Republic, and the various sumsappropriated by the different states for transportation and maintenance of their troops. Massachusetts alone appropriated £60,000. These are the ofticial expenditures. The private accounts run up into sevon figures, escorted *“The First Inauguration.” Be- tween the Washington Continentals and 1,000 80ns of vetorans was an claborate tableau, “The State of Virginia,” representing a ship of the sixteenth century with adventurers in Elizabothan costume, = crowding the poop Qeck descrying land. ' Then followed a scries of tableaux representing the various states as follows: New York—A boatload of Duwch sailors and voyager: 7 T Massachusetts—Anchoring of the May- T RERRBONGTRAGRDY, flower. %3 1t Grows More Revoiting as the Facts Delaware—Christianizing the savages. Appear. Margland—Lord Baltimore. andGeorge | oo pr, Pa,, May 1.—The mysterious tragedy in Jefferson township yesterday grows more revolting us the facts appear. 1t Pounsylvania—Penn’s treaty. Georgia—The last pre-revolutionary colo- nial sottlement. 2 now scems more than probable that Deavid After these came the most interesting fea- | and George, two sons of old man Shauglis, turc—the Caledonian elub, of New York, und | whno w sixty-five years old, hanged them the Seventy-ninth Highland regiment of | father, and that David, an hour later, shot veterans. The Swiss centennial committee, with Swiss tableaux, were escorted by centennial shurpshooters, and then came the firemen’s division consisting of about four thousand men. Four hundred Brooklyn police came along just after the firemen and presented a fine appeavance. Following were about four thousand representatives of the different trades, hard at work. Next came the Italian division. The Italian Military association turned out thirteen companies of thirty-six his young step-mother through the body as she was returning from the barn to the house, The step-mother still lives and may recover. The object of their crime was that they ht speedily come into possession of the e, which 18 valuavle. —_— CANADIAN RELATIONS, The Senate Committee will Meet in Chicago To-Morrow. men each and the civic svcicties as many | CHIcAGO, May 1.—The senate special com- more. One of the floats in this division was | mittee on relations with Canada will hold a alarge boat on which were repre ed | conference in this city to-morrow and after- “Columbus and Washingtor,—Discoverer | ywards leave for San Francisco, Chairman Hoar, who arrived here to-day, said the in- vestigation into railway affairs would be made by Senator Cullom’s committee and that his (Hoar's) committee would not inter- fere in that wo: The senator was less ex- plicit in answering a query as to an investi- Kution touching the Beliring sea fisheries., it oo dell P The Fire Record. Citicaco, May 1.—A dispateh from Chenoa, 1L, says: Atabout 1 o'clock this morning a large twvo-story brick block, in which about a third of the business of Chenoa was done, toolk fire and was completely destroyed. Tho aggregate loss is §75,000; insurance, $35,000, The principal sufferer is W. M. Fy conducted u general store, ' His loss 35, 000; insurance, $7.00. Nichols & Shuster, hardware, lose $10,000; insuran ce, §3.000. F. N. Quinn, express agent, and J. B, Lenney wero injured by failing walls ; the former, it is thought, fatall, and Father.” The secoud float represented Italy and America among the flowers. The Scandinavian-American socioties also made @ good showing. CKOWDS AT UNION SQUARE. The crowd at Union square to-day was reater than that of yesterday. The polico ad all thoy could do'to keep the immense throng in order. The stands and every W dow facing the sauare, and the roofs of the surrounding buildings and the sidewalks were crowded and pucked with & dense mass of humanity. President Harrison, in his barouche drawn by four horses and headed by a squad of po- lice, and accompanied by Vice-President Morton, Colonol Kruger and Licutenant Jud- son, U.'S. A, drove up to the Madison square reviewing stand av ten minutes past 10, Ex Presidents Hayes and Clovelund, Seo- retaries Proctor, Tracy, Windom and Rusk, General Snerman and Russell B. Harrison had previously arrived, IN A OYLINDER OF SILVER, Major Grant, with the body of aides who had been waiting at Twenty-fifth street, then stepped forward and presented the president ——— The Weather Indications, Nebraska—Fair weather except showers in western portion; colder Thursday morn- With an addross, enclosed i a cylinder of | ing followed by rising temperature, north- sepousse silver, The address was signea [ €rly shifting to eastorly winds, % Mayor Grant and & large number of busi- | _ lowa—Fair, warmer in uorthern portion, stationary temperature in southern portion: ness and other prominent men of the city. | Stationary tewpcraturs in It presents auew to the president their al: legiance to the government, constitution and Dakota—Warmer, fair weather, winds laws, with their congratulations upon the | Shifting to southeasterly ey completion of & century of constitutional gov- ernment. ‘The mayor then ook his place be- side the president, and the big parade bozan to pass by, The president left the review- ing stand at 3:10 und drove at once to Vice- President Morton's. It was estimated that £bthat timo 0,000 mon had pussed bafore im, HARRISON RETURNS TO WASHINGTON. After a light lunch at Mr. Mortoif's resi- dence, President Hurrison was driven to the New Jersey shore, where he started for Washington at 5 o'clock. The presidential purty consisted of President Harrison, Sec- retary Windom, his wife and two duughters, Secrétary Proctor, Colonel Barr, Colonel A Horseman Robbed. Curyexse, Wyo,, May 1.—[Spacial Tele- gram to Tux Bek.|—Thomas J. Stover, the well-known horseman of Oakland, Cal, en route to New York; was robbed on the pas- senger train Tuesday night at some point between Green River and Laramie. He lost a fine gold watch and a suit of clothes, B s Selected as Directors. Ci1eAGo, May 1.—At a meating of the Irish Cathiolic Colonization Association of the United States, to-duy, Bishop Spalding, of Peoria; Bishop O'Conor, of Omaha; Gon- John M. Wilson, Walker Blain Private | eral Lawler, of Wisconsin; Rev. D. J. Secretary Halford, Secretary Tracy, Post- | Riordan, W. P. Rend, Michael Cudahy and master-General Wanamaker, Secretary | W. J. Onahan, of Chicago, were selected as Rusk and two children, WILD DISORDER, The scene of the dismissal of the parage at Oanul strect, to-day, was one of the wildest ou, and at oue time it looked as if a panic might ensue. When the head of the parado arrived the excitement began. Gen- eral Butterfiell's staff were mounted on spirited horses, and many of them did not fow how to ride. The animals became re t- less and plunged around violently, The erush of the crowd was simply terrible. The police had their hands full” Cousiderable confusion also resulted from the failure of the aids to obey the orders of the chief mar- shal. Ihe bands,in some cases,wandered off in the wrong part of the parade. In passing the finish each divisioa saluted the chief mar- shal at Broadway and Canal streets. ‘Ihere were & bumber of accidents, The tableaux on the three high floats were caught iu the wires and torn down. Float No, 10, repre- senting an emigrant ship, with deck, steer- sge and smoke stack, while turning wto Canal street, wes wrecked by the rear wheel on the right side of the great truck being wrenched off by a car track. ‘The upper part of the structure | BEwiiN, Muy 1.—By au explosion ina col- around the smokestack was occupied by haif | liery at Dortmund to-day, whree persons & dosen little giris in costume, while below | were killed and eight injured, directors. —— Businsss Troubles. Cu10aGo, May 1.-~The Cragin manufactur- ing compauy, dealing in tin ware and sheet iron goods, made & voluntary assignment to- day. The assigueo says the assets will be between £1:30,000 and §150,000, and the liabil ities about §70,000. - Will Kesumo the Reins, Luxempuro, May 1.—The duke of Na sau, regent of the Duke of Luxemburg, has received a lotter from the king of Hollend, in which the latter states he will resume the government of Luxemburg, Friday next. e Fraoklin Presented. Panis, May 1.—President Carnot to-day gave audience to Unitel States Minister McLane, who presented General Franklin, the commissioner of the United States to the Puris exhibition - Colliery Explosion. CONFERRING ABOUT SAMOA, | Yesterday's Proceedings in the Con- gress at Berlin. GERMANY APPARENTLY HEDGING The Release of Malietoa Looked Upon as a Concession — England's Representatives Dol it of Diplomac The Samoan Conference. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxpox, May 1. — [New York Herald Cable—Special to Tine Bee.|—This morn- ing's Times has the following special from its Berlin correspondent: The sub-committee of the Samoan confer- ence is still busy with its work, and this is understood to be the elaboration of the two main projects—one a plan for the tuture gov- ernment of Samoa under a native ruler, and the other a proposal for the constitution of a tribunal to consider and adjudicate on pr vate land tenure in the islands, which n the greatest possible confusion, and is any- thing but a correct index to the extent of the various foreign intevests involved. It will be remembered that the Washington conference on affairs in Samoa ended abortively, mainly for the reason that the United States would not assent to the German proposal to appoint one representative of the three powers con- cerned, this nominee being German, to actas mandatory of the throe states; and now it is probable that the conference will decide upon the appointment of a triamvirate body of administration, or supervision in Samoa to act as a sort of council to the native sov- ereign whoever he may bo. This will mainly depend on the policy of Germany; but, meanwhile, the enlarge- ment of ex-King Malietoa, whom “the Ger- mans deported from Samoa to Hamburg and back to the Marshal Islands is regarded here asa proof of her desire to make a good impression on the conference. There is one thing less clear than some othors con- nected with the conference sitting here, and that is the attitude of England on the Samoan question. At Washington, England was de- cidedly in favor of the course suggested by Germany, and now there is nothing to show that she is not again disposed, if anything, to prove a little more complaisant to Ger- many than to the United States. If this be so it will be evident that the English government knows on which side its bread 18 buttered, and that England and her colonies have more both to hope and to fear from America with her future development, than from any other country under the sun, So reason ob- servers, who are profoundly convinced that cordial friendship with the United States is of much more value to England than is that of any state in the European system, from which Great Britain is becoming ymore and more detached by reason of her growth into colonial world-power, with ever-widening and brightening prospects of imp erial federation. The true foreign policy of England, so argue the observers above referred to, has little or nothing to do now with affairs on the continent, but must concern itself with everything connected with the states and colonies affected by those interests. From this point of view, therefore, it is somewhat puzzliog to many to find Lord [Salisbury lay- ing such an ostentatious stress on thejcolonial entente cordiale, everywhere,with Germany, from whorm, if it can be properly considered, England has reully nothing whatever to fear, and little or nothing to hope; thus incurring the risk, slight. though it may be, in the present case, per- haps, of the estrangement of affection of those who. in certain circumstances, might prove to Eugland troublesome opponents. It is not that the Samoan question, in itself is capable of producing the effects-here alluded to, but at some time its treatment by England ought not to be such as is calcu- lated to ruffle the sensibilities of either America or of the Australian coionists, whose disappointment could not possibly be counterpoised by any amount of gratitudé on the part of Germany, as between all Anglo- saxon races beyond the Sea and the German Emplre. The position of Eogland is analagous to the attitude of Germuny to Austria and Rus- sia, respectively, *‘Between whom?" said Prince Bismarck to Gortchakoff at the con- gross of Berlin, “you must not force me to choose. T repeat that the issues involved in the Samoan question are, by no means, so very pregnant of high political consequence; but still, the treatment that the question will receive, in the opinion of those well posted to judge, ought to be the test of the degree to which England has kept pace with the true principles of political expediency.” DL A “STOOK"” COMPANY. The American Live Stock Commis- sion Company Organized. Cnicaco, May 1.—Some wecks ugo Samuel Lazarus, T. S, Burghes, A, B. Gregory and N. T. Eaton,western stockmen, issued an invi- tation from Kansas City to several well known stockmen throughout the country asking them to join in organizing the American Live Stock Commission company and to con- vene for that purpose at the Union Stock i A meeting was held to-day at the house,yaud was quite largely at- tended. Those present were reticent as to objects and scope of the company. The com- mission men at the stock yards assert that its solo aim is to evade the paymont of the 50 per cent commission, The members are heavy cattle raisers and propose to open a branch house at Kansas City. The com= any, it is said, will sell no cattle not owned y 1t stockholders. The following board of directors were elected: H. W. Cressman, Pueblo, Col.; M. Smith, Sherman, Tex. ; J. C. Gunter, Dallas, Tex.: A. H. Gregory, Withrow, 'TIL; I, 'P. Yurk, St. Louis; P. Phillips, Kansas City; W. A. Towers, Mon- tana; B, R. Fant, Gilead, Tex.; 8. 8. Bug- bee, Kausas City. The' capital stock is $100,000, o THEY WILL GO OUT. The Lilinoils Miners itefuse to Accept the Reduction Stueaton, 1L, May 1.—The miners of northern Illinois in convention to-day decided to refuse to acoept the reduction of ten cents for mining during the coming year offered by the - oporators. e dis- trict officer was directed w0 call @ national conveution of all the miners in the bituminous coal fleld as far as the competition reaches, and that there be no work until such conveation is callea. Day laborers and machine men producing coal will also go out pending the setticmont of the difficulty. —————— A ROBBER OF THE POOR. Laboring Men Confidenced Out of a Large Sum. St. Pavr, May 1.—By collecting £10.25 from each man he hired for work on a Dakota railroad, called the Aunchor line, one Johu Swith secured about $1,300 from laboring men and this morning when the, police were looking for bim for running au ewployment agency without license, he skipped and has 1oL sluce bevu heard from, AN IMPORTANT DECISION. The Dual Duties of & Commissioner Explained. WASHINGTON, May 1. Mitchell, of the patent oMo an important deoision 1n the intorference case of Daniels versus Morgan, which in- volves the question 6f the right of a patent commissioner to grant a motion for a re hearing of the case finally disposed of by his predecessor, excepting in cases of fraud, errors in computation or the discovery of new evidence. On March 22 Commissioner Hall awarded the priority of iivention to Morgan, and four days later on a motion for rehear- ign set the hearing for April 10. At that time it was fully understood by him that s successor was to take anavge of the office April 1. April 10 the motion came nb for a hearing before Commissioner Mitchell, and counsel for Morgun asked that it be dis missed, as it asked for the rehearing of a d cision ‘of a former combussicner upon the same facts, and evidenca upon which the de- cision was ‘based. ‘Fho matter was argue. at longth and taken under considera- tion. Cgmmissioner Mitchell now rules that] the dutios of the eommissioner ave iu part of an administrative and in purt of a judicial nature, and while the rule limiting the right of an administrative officer to re- view his predecessor's decisions may be ap- plicable to hith in an administrative capacity, it is equally clear that it is not binding upon him in the discharge of his judicial dutie ‘The motion to dismiss the motion for a r hearing is therefore overruled. e g S 1OWA NEWS. The Border Postoflices, Drs Moixes, Ia., May 1.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Ber,]—Assistant Superintend- ent Christian, of the railway mail service, arrivea here, this evening, direct from Okla- homa, where he has been establishing post- oftices, He left Guthrie, yesterday noon, and when he came away he said 600 men were in line waiting for their mail. On Tuesday, the day after the opening, the Guthrie postofiice sent out 6,000 letters, and 1t averages about five or six thousand lotters a dag now. § “\We have dono the bost we could,” said Mr. Christian, ‘and yet the mail facilities are not at all adequate to the demand. The postmaster at Guthrio has five assist- ants, but he can not begin to keep up with the mail. The crowd stand in line for hours waiting for @ chance. Yesterday morniug, in order to ense them up a little, Postmastor Flynn took a larze package of *'i3s” out doors, and, stand- ing on a box, he would call off 'the names, and the fellows whoso names began with B would respond 1f they wers called. That did not expedite matters very muci, but it_made the crowd think that something was being done for them. I slept in the postoftice tent every night I there, and men came to it at 3 o'clock in the morning to get a position in line, and waited there patiently till § o'clock, when the office was opened, They have ben doing that every night. Yester- day we started a woodetr” building, which was to be finished for to-day for the post- office. That will help relieve the crush a little. There are about 10,000 ncople still at Guthrie, and they all want their mail right away. I have had o iguard of soldiers around the oftice night nd day, but there has been no violence pffered, though the crowds get very impatient at times. There is not so_much pressure gt Lisbon and Olla- homa City, and wa have dleared up the mail all rignt. The flest day ab Guthrie we sold £00 worth of stamps.” Commissioner to-day rendered The River Lndd Oases. Des Moixes, Ia., May 1.—[Special Tel- cgram to Tue Bem[—Attorney-General Stone nas just returnpd Washington, where he was representifig the interests of the river land settlers, He says, in an inter- view Attorney-General Miller recognizes the importance of the controversy pending before him, and it is apparent thavhe is de sirous of doing his exact and full duty to the matter. He gave close and earnest atten- tion to the presentation of the case, and his expressions, so far as any were made, were full of earnestness and frankness. He re- quested me to prepare a bill in cquity cover- ing all the ultimate facts that the govern- ment can rely upon to sustain its action, and also to prepare an argument to maintain the government's position.’! This argument is to be submitted to_ Attor- ney-General Miller early in June. General Stone has decided to take the position that these lands were never earned by the Im- and therefore the gov- action Provement company ernment has a right tu maintain for forfeiture of them. it Want Higher Rates. Des Moies, In, May 1 egram to Tk Ber]—Several representa- tives of class B and clags C roads appeared before the raflroad commissioners to-day to ask for relicf from the low rates of the com- missioners' schedule, Mr. C. A. Gilehrist, representing the Fort Madison & North- western, said that it meant bankruptcy for his road if it wasn't given help very soon. He said he had sold his homestead in order to zet money to pay the running expenses of the road and keep it gomng, but he could't stand the expense much longor. i Route Agents Removed. MasoN City, Ta., May L—[Special Tele- gram to Tae Bee.|—A number of route agents running into this city were to-aay in formed that their services were no longer reauired. Those who have been removed are Elliott, Cain and Root. - THE CHICAGO CRASH. The Injured Are Hstimated at About One Hundred. CuicAGo, May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|—Michigan Avenue, along Lake Park presented, & rather wrecked appear- ance to-day after its rough experience with the great crowd of people last evening. Men, women, children, and even babies in arms, were tossed about on the wild current, and fences and shrubbery that came in the way were swept along and’ erushed under foot. Only the iron fenccs escaped, but even these strong barriers wera pent by the mighty pressure. But the irop did not protect the flower beds amd sh ry. To escape the dreadful crush men jumped over these fences, women were ged over, children were tossed over, ant yards were tram- pled and s er:‘y&d. ifar as can be learned about one hundred people were injured, but no deaths have yet baen reported, and prob- ably none will be, A Gigantid Bcheme, Cmicaao, May 1.—A jueeting of the stock- holders of the North Chicago Rolling Mill company and the Unlon Steel company, for the purpose of consolidating their iuterests with those of the Joliet Steel company, as has already been outlined 1n these patches, was held herp to-day. Hoth me ngs were brjef, and @t their close it was stated that nothing deflmite had been accom- plished, aud that they had sdjourned until to-morrow. The plan h{ which this im- portant move in the manufacturing world is 10 be accomplished is, in brief, an increase of the capital stock of the North Chicago com- pany to §25,000,000, and the purchase, with the money so aceruing, of the pl other two companies, The new conc be known as the “‘Illinois Steel company,” undmwlll be the largest of its kind in the world. an i Kive Thousand Quit Work. Prrrsuvig, May 1.—A general strike of the bullding trades was maugurated to-day for an average advance of 25 cents per day and union workmon, . About five thousand men in both citles are idle, and work has Deen - suspended on lmost every new building. Ddgth ftpeord DusLiy, May'1.—Rey, Andrew, Higgins, D. D, bishop of the Catholic dlocese of Korry, is dead, STARTLING BUT NOT TRUE. A Rumor That Blaine Had a Stroke of Paralysis. DENIED BY HIS SECRETARY. An Attack of Lumbazothe Only Fonn- dation for the Story—Comp- troller Liacey Takes the Oath of Ofice. WasmiNaToN Buneav, Tas Ovama Bar 3 FoukteexTa Stawer, WAsHINGTON, D, C., May 1. It is reported lisre that Scrotary Blaine has had a stroke of paralysis.” The avbove startling words came by wire from New York this morning, and when known in ofiicial circles created quite a flutter of excitement. Mr. Blaine was at that mo- ment: quictly reclining_in his room at the Normandie. “Mule the denial 80 positive,” said his pri vate secretary, when shown the dispateh, “‘that the story cau go no further, There not the least truth in it. Mr. Blaine suffers from lumbago and has baen suffering from it for u week, but is bewng relieved rapidly. He has had nothing thit even was remindful of paralysis, and will be at his dosk in a day or twvo." Mr. Blaine's bloodless color and the®fact that he was not well enough to enjoy attend- ing the celebration in Now York has caused w few of his fuiends, after seeing him this week to refer to his health in_rather alarm ing words, He is auite as well as usual, and will, barring unexpected misfortune, be at his official desk vears hence, Aside {rom the sensutional story about Mr. Blaine, there was little going to make the day different from Monday and Tuesd: Tho white Liouse was opea and all was in' readiness for the return of the president to-night, but no oficial business was transacted and few vis- itors were secn, A telogram was received during the day from Privato Secretary Halford, stating that the inhabitants of the white house would get back home about 10:30. Rain continued to pour as if the elements were_religiously bound to complete the record of the almost contiuuous ramfall for the entire week, It was just a week ago that it began to rain, and the only cessation was on Monday for'a few hours. During the past eighteen days the fall of rain was 0.13 inches or 64 inches over the average of April. This evening it cleared, and old’ Sol {disappeared behind o cloudiess horizon. The streets and_avenues are walls of ver: Qure and the parks are flower beds, BUSY CLARKSON. Thore was 1o tion in the mct around Assistant Postmaster-General Clark son’s room. He continued to receive dele- gations, examine applications and to ivrite the cheerful word “appoint” or shake his head in refusal. There was a great deal move writing than head shaking however. The rush for changes in the fourtly, class postofiices is pretty nearly over. THS bulk of the changes on account of partisanship have been made. Those for flagrant ncom- potency have also been made to s largo de- gree. The knotty questions und complicated contests are being taken up. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. “By to-morrow morning I hope to have my ndex made up and to be able to tell what has been done. Till then, I have a curiosity as well a8 & unxiety to know the result of the work done within the past two weels,” said Superiatendent Bell, of tho railway mail service. “I think about all the changes necessary to make the service oficient und atisfactory to the people have been made, but if not, decapitations, will continue. The civil service commission can furnish us postal clorks now. I as the grpat bulk of them putin of late are the old repub- licans who were turned out, the service will be better from the very start, aud I have 1n- augurated new systoms for ‘makiug up the wails on rains going into large cities, by which it will be sorted ready for the carrier delivery as soon as it_arrives au_the post- offices, which ill make the distribution more rapid and satisfactory.” A few con- gressmen who have been waiting to have changes made are fearful that their demands hizve not been attended to, but when the re- sults are known it will be ‘scen that all the changes were made with view to improving the service, Superintendent Bell has per- formed wonderful work. TOOK THE OATIL Comptrotler of the Currenoy Lacey, of Michigan, took the oath, assumed the duties of his office and was introduced to his em- ployes. While this was in progress the new chief clerk, Brackett, who had just returned from New York, was dismissing five watch- men of the treasury and installing as many republicans. A. C. Toner, the new appoi ment clork for the department of the - terior, was at the same time assuming his official robes, AN IMAGINATIVE CRANK. At the war department an incident oc- curred which furnished spice for the day. A serious-looking man, of middle life, entered thesecretary’s office and announced {0 Acting Secretary Bennott that he was the secretary of war, and took_ Mr. Proctor's seat and began issuing order¥ for the appintment and dismissal of cmployes. It was immediately discovered that he was the same man who yesterday appointed himself major of the police and usnrped the ofice of Mujor Moore, now in New York, and ho was taken to the “Third precinet station, where ho will be ex- amined for insavit ARMY MATTERS. Charles W. Cramer, a private of the hos- pital corps located at Fort Niobrara, is trans- ferred to Kort Sidney by direction of the secretary of war, and Private Louis Martin, of the hospital corps now at Fort Sidney, is transferred to Fort Laramie, Wyomng, and will be sent to that post, reporting upon his arrival to the commanding oficer for duty. Furloughs to non-commissioned ofiicers of the general staff and oulisted men acting us such may be granted by a post commander for seven days—in case of an emergency only, and by & deparument commander_for one month. Applications for furloughs for a longer period must be referred to tho adju- tant-general for the decision of the sccrotu of war. Priik S, HEATH. AR rl ) Nebraska and lowa Patents, WasuiNaroN, May 1.—([Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—Patents have been issued to the following inventors in Nebraska: Richard O. Adams, Louisville, Neb., timing apparatus for race courses; John J. Pursley, Huboard, Neb., churn; William G, Robbins, Broomfield, Neb., harness pad; Albert J. Shaul, Long Pine, Neb., prescripuon file; Aloxander Hoagland, Lincoln, Neb., water elevator. Patents issued to Towans: William H. Wirt, Ia. Critchfield and E. J. Emmons, combiued trough and rack; Charle man, Eldora, f., safety railway . Hass, Charles City, Ia., gate; Linn, Sioux City, Ia., dumping wagon; Christian H. Marrin, S100x City, fa., Grand piano truck ond Upright piano truck; Afred . McCarty, Moines, Ia., dental anwsthtic; Theodore Meyer, assigner of one- half to . Meyer, Amity, la., cultivator. LB Mexican Central Showing. Bostox, May 1.—At the annual meeting of the Mexican, Central stockholders 10-day, directors were chosen. The annual report shows the gross earnings of 1553 to be $5, 774,481, an incr 1357 of the net carnings $2,35) 493, an_increase of §155, E The net earnings in United States cur- rency is §1,74%,45%,§an increase of §08,163, il i The £hiloh Given Up. Groucesten, Mass., May 1.—Nothing bas been heard of the fishing schooner Shiloh which sailed from this port to Hanks March 25, and her owners have given her up for lost. She varried a crew of four- teen wen, UNFIT FOR PUBLICATION, The Evidence in the Carter Divorce Case Yesterday, Cnicaco, May 1.—[Special Telegrain to Tie Bee.|—The usual crowd was prosent at the hearing of the Carter caso to-day. Mrs, Mary Morrisey, housckeoper of the Cooper house, at Coopsrstown, N. Y., who claims to have witnessed improper conduct botween Mrs. Carter and a Mr. Gregory, of New York, at the hotel, testified, and was cross examined at great length, much to tho edift cation of the scandal lovers in the court room. he also testified to having seen State Seoator 1 ng Mrs, Carter's room unseasonablo hour of the night. On 1ination Mrs, Mor risey's testimony was shaken very little. Mra. Mary J. Abbott said that she was in Mrs, Morrisey’s room: and that Mrs, Car: tor and the man supposed to be Gregory were_ dis od outside. But littlo addi- tional information was elicited. Harry P, Nash, who was night watehman at the Cooper house in 1883, said that ne had scen Mr, Pierce in Mrs, Carter's room at a late hour at night, and that they had veen togethor a groat deal at other times. On the whole, the testimony given at to-day’s ses. sion tyas by far the most scandalous de- veloped in the whole case and but little of it is fit for publication. - WESTERN PACKING INTEREST A Moderate Iner in the Western Movement of Hogs, CISOINNATI, May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tue B o-morrow's Price Current will say: There is a mnderate incroase in the western movement of hogs, tho past woek, packing returns indicating a total of 175,000, compared with 153,000 the preceding week, and 185,000 for the corresponding time last year, For the season from March 1, the total is 1,556,000, against 1,340,000 a year ago. “Place, Chicago....... Ransas City. Indianapoli Cincinnati. Milwaukee lar Rapic oland Sioux City e Railroad Men Hopefal. Cnrcaco, Muy L—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—The Chicago railroad wen be- lieve that the bottom bas been reached in the period of the depression which, for the last few months, has had such a disastrous effect on earnings. The officials of five west- ern and four eastern roads, to-day, declared that they looked for a decided change for the batter during the month. As Receiver Mc- Nulta, of the Wabash, id: ““I'he present crop will be ubove the average, and a large share of last year’s crop is still in the west. ‘Lhe people there can't eat it or throw it aw. It must be sent to market and we must have it. What is our loss now will be our gain later on.’ The Chicago committee of the Central Trafic association wet to-day and recommended that the fresght committee so change the classification that horses be put in the third class, bogs and sheep in the fourth class, and cattle in the fifth class, the changos to apply to the west- ern terminus of the trunk lines and in the Centra} Trafiic association. Should the freight committee adopt the recommendation it will cause a material advavce in rates on all live stock. Nebraska and Iowa Pensions. WASHINGTON, May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tir Bre. | —Pensions granted Nobraskans to-day: Original'invalid—Hiram W. Sheldon, Elijah Myers, Rooert M. James, Thomas Gainforth, Poter J. Friteheoff. Restoration and increase—James P. Deucl. Increase— Frank B. Andrews, Fuan W, Scott, Abijah Lane, Gild eroy M. Hardy, Don H. Sanford. Pensions for Iowans: Original invalid— Elias Cassatt, Levi Chapin, Harvey D. Vick- ors, James I. Wroo, James Rucker. Restor ation—William H. George Frazier, gins, James E. Rosé, Hiram C. John'McLane, Alb Pig- Edgar Inlay, Alex James R. Petors, Reissue and Stock Shipm nts. 0., May 1.—[Special Tele- Phe shipment of 200,- 000 head of Texas eattle over the Cheyenne Northern will commence Monday next, cattle comprise the purchases of Mon- ttlemen. The stock will be unloaded at Wendover and driven north. kKive hun- dred trains will be required to move the cat- tle. Trains will be run on neer time und arrangements are being made for threo trains daily over the road from Cheyenne to Wendover from the commencement of the shipment until September next. ————— Public Debe Statement. WasmiNGrox, May 1.—The following is the public debt statement issued to-da; Interest bearing debt, principal, 602; interest, $6,547,518; total, £010,175,920, Debt on which interest has ceased since ma- turity, princival and interest. Debt bearing no interest, $75¢ debt, principal, §1,065,340,11 total §1,072 available cash ite in the treasury, § in the treasury, May 1, 188 Debt less cash in the treasury, April 1, §1,- 114,635,603, _Decrease of debt during the mouth, $13,078, Decroase of debt since June & 228. lotal cash in the treasury, as 'shown by the treasurer's gen- eral account, §619,600, N The Sloux Kalls & Northwestern. Srovx Farus, Dak., May 1.—[Special Tele- gram to Tueg Bee. | -Representatives from Aberdeen, De Smet, Madison and Dell Rap- ids met here, to-day, und united with a num- ber of Sioux Falls gentlemen in the organi- zation of the Sioux Falls & Northwestern railroad company. It 18 proposea to build from Sioux Falls to Aberdeen, throagh the towns named, the road to oe operated in con- nection with one of the lines now halting here, A partial survey has already been mide, and the line will be definitely located without delay. net cash Debt less cash §1,101,605,425. e Nickel Plats Showing. CrLEvELAND, May 1.—The annual report of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road shows that the earnings for 1858 were $15,- 020,627, against $18,710,963 in 1857 Tk earnings were £6,119,256, against §7,051,104 in 1897, “The net earnings of the Nickle 1855 were §122.975, against $1,16 before, Plate for 4 a year L What's the Matter With Iiinois? New Youk, May 1.—Tue fine military dis- play yesterday was the occasion for unfayor- able comment that the great staies of 1llinois and Indiana were unrepresented in the parade, The sole reprosentative of Illinois was John B, Drake. Why did not Chicago nd one of its splendid regiments of wilitiat”? was asked. 1t would have been patriotic on the part of itse wealthy merchauts to Lave paid the necessury expenses, ————— A Cuuting and Slashing Affair. Kansas Ciry, Mo, May 1L—During a drunken fight between nogroes, which be- came general, in the low quarter of the city about midoight last night, Annie Edwards was cut in the throat, James Sewell was dangerously cut near the heart and several others received more or less serious wounds, One man died later, - Yellow Fever on Board, Lox1igy, May 1.—Lloyd's agent at Berlin reports that the Weser has yellow fever on board. Seweral oficars and twenty-eight men are ill and three have died. The Weser sailed from Baltimore April 17 for Brewen, CROSS-EXAMINING PARNELL. ‘Other Irishmen Have a Right to Their Opinionsa. THE LEAGUE OPEN TO ALL CELTS No Matter What Their Private Opine fons If They Will Work on Con- stitutional Lines—He is No Diotator. Y85 for Broad, Loxvox, May 1.—The direct examination of Parnell was concluded to-day. Parnell declared he had condacted an Irish agitation constitutionally, His cross-oxamination was then begun, ¥ Parnell on cross-oxamination denied that the Irish World ever collected money for the parliameatary party, The Irish World had been hostile to himself and the parliamentary party since 1852, Attorney-General Webster here produced extracts from the Trish World, praising Par) nell’s uction in parliamoent atter 1882, Sir Charies Russell, counsel for the Par nellites, put in evidence some extracts from that paper which were adverse to Parnell. The cross-examination then continuods Paroell admitted knowing Mooney, othors wise known as ‘‘Iransatluntic.” Mooney wrote violent artic still, witness would not object to receiving Moouey's tributes to assist the party, if no did not publish articles advocating murder. Witness had held no communication with Patrick Ford since 1881, Parnell emphatically denied that his Irish schemes r included o coalition with vne IFenians in order to expel the landiords from Iroland. He certainly aimed to destroy landlordism, but not to drive individuals from the country, and never had any idea of resorting to illogal means, He did not recol- lect mecting Dayitt and John O'Leary in 1878 and discussing with them a possible ale lince between the nationalists and the Fenians, Ho had no notion that the national fund in America and the skivanshing fund were identical, 3 Attorney-General Webster here read violont minifesto siened by John Devoy an others and issued at Dublin. rnell declared he never hoard of it be- Ho had met Devoy, Breslin, Finerty Sullivan’ sud a nuber of cal force men,” He said he would avow that he felt it was no part of o exclude any one from the leagua on account of their antecedents, He wanted to include in it all Irishmen, and trusting every section would accept the new constitus tional form of agitation ie had aimed at ask- 20 for Lead." ing the “physical force” men to abandon their moveiment and to aceept bis, To shut the constitutional door i their face because they did -~ not immediately agree would have been very foolish. He did not recolleet making “a speech at Lynn, Mass., in which it was alleged he hud said that when Ingland was beaten to her knees the ize the iden of i that if he had time would nave come to re: the nationalists. He admitt used those words he must have boen think- ing of such methods of warcfare i tha event of constitutional agitatioa failing. At Troy, somebody offered him ¢ bread and §20 for lead. He did not_object to the offer because he thought the giver only weant £ for charitable work ana 20 for league work. Adjourned. M NU CTURERS, fhey Desire Government Aid in Exe tending Th Avarsta, Ga, May Southern Manufacturers association met here to.day to consider the condition of the cotton man- ufacturing in the south and to diseuss the advisapility of a permanent organization and whether the cotton bagging contd ba substituted for jute bagging. President Hickman made an address on the state of trade, in the course of which he said: *Wa should control the markets of South America and Mexico, and to accomplish this end wa should mvoke government ald, Our flag should float over every bale wiich leay our ports. The British government is taking adyantago of the supposed trouble between China and our government, with the hope of prejudicing that country against our goods, and has passed a law i pioce of goods manufactured in this country and ing through England to China ‘to be branded ‘manufactured in the United States SOUTHER! of America.’ We wonld like to have our oods reach China without passiug through Englang and without the use of Kuglish bot- China rnment g our not he toms. Give us American ships. Lot o the American flag, If our gov would lend a_helping bavd in pla products in foreign lands it wonld long before you would see a ‘manufacture in the United States of América’ on goods made in Manchester, Ingland.” Resolutions were adopted to memorialk congress to grant subsidies to steamships to Central and South America, also pledg- ing the southern manufacturcrs to pay 10 cents per hundred pounds more for stuft baled in cotton orother light bageing than in jute bagging. The impression soems to pre- vail that tho baling of the cotton in cotton bagging is not. alt butthe spirit of the manufi all in their power o aid th THE GRAND TRUNK DISASTER,” More Bodies ldentified—An Omaha Man Among Then Hamivuroy, O., May 1.—General Manager Hicison has arrived here to conduct a rigid investigation into the cause of the recent ac- cident, The remains of two more charred vi tims_were 1lentified as those of Morgan R, Schullen, of Chicago, und H, S. Hall, an old retired merchant of 'Evansville, Ind. Thir- teen dead are now accounted for, leaving six bodies not yet identified with. The search through the unclaimed baggaze taien from the wreek has revealed the following names: H. Leyy, Chicago, Mrs, Smith, no address, Captain Butler, Cook county insane asy lum, near Chicago. Randall Orr, Omaha, Neb, A Span sh-Ameriean Banquet, New Yok, May L—In the banquet hall of the Hotel Brunswick, to-night, the flags of all the South American rapublics were displayed along side of the s and stripes. 1t was the oceasion of the first annual dinner of the Spanish-American commercisl union, J. M. Caballos presid Secrotary Noblo, during his remarks, said it devolved on the merchants of New York to open up a trade that was awaiting development between the two Americas, North and South, A line of mships should be established betweoen Juited Stutes and the southern part of the American continent, - ovident Union, £W Yok, May 1.~The National Provi- dent union prated the centennial by giv ing & musical and literary entertainment at the Metropolitan house to-mght. Senator Daniel spoke on the object of the society. Senator Cullom was unable o be presenty owing to slight illness. S— Minols Congressional Nominatiol SuAWNEETOWN, 111, May 1.—The democras tic convention of the Nincteenth Congrese sional district to-day nominated Judge J. R Williams, of White'county, as candidate for the vacancy crested by the death of Cope gressman Townshe e Miners Killed, WiLkkssanig, Pa, My 1.—Patrick Ril ford, Michuel Ilyon and Patrick Reegan, miners, were crushed to death in Hyde Park colliery to-duy by a fall of coal, e National Trotting Assbeiation. Ciieaao, May L.—The board of review of jonal Trotting assoclation begau We w day. The NAtional I